Real Estate Disclosure [Text Block] | (4) Real Estate Investments – The Company leases its properties to tenants under net leases, classified as operating leases. Under a net lease, the tenant is responsible for real estate taxes, insurance, maintenance, repairs and operating expenses for the property. For some leases, the Company is responsible for repairs to the structural components of the building, the roof, and the parking lot. At the time the properties were acquired, the remaining primary lease terms varied from 7.8 to 20 years. The leases provide the tenants with one to five five-year renewal options subject to the same terms and conditions as the primary term, except for the Talecris plasma facility which has one ten-year renewal option. The leases for the Jared Jewelry store in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Jared Jewelry store in Aurora, IL, and the Advance Auto Parts store were extended to end on December 31, 2024, April 30, 2025, and April 30, 2025, respectively. The Company's properties are commercial, single-tenant buildings. The Jared Jewelry store in Auburn Hills, Michigan was constructed in 1999 and acquired in 2005. The Jared Jewelry store in Concord, New Hampshire was constructed and acquired in 2005. The Jared Jewelry store in Aurora, Illinois was constructed in 2000 and acquired in 2005. The building in Wichita, Kansas was constructed in 1996, renovated in 2001 and acquired in 2005. The Advance Auto Parts store in Indianapolis, Indiana was constructed in 2005 and acquired in 2006. The Staples store was constructed in 2010 and acquired in 2011. The Coliseum Health clinic was constructed and acquired in 2012. The PetSmart store was constructed and acquired in 2013 and 2020. The Premier Diagnostic Imaging center was constructed in 2005, renovated in 2012 and acquired in 2014. The Tractor Supply Company store in Canton, Mississippi was constructed in 2013 and acquired in 2018. The Talecris plasma facility was constructed in 2008 and acquired in 2020. There have been no costs capitalized as improvements subsequent to the acquisitions, except for $7,733 of tenant improvements related to the Staples store. The cost of the properties not held for sale and related accumulated depreciation at December 31, 2020 are as follows: Property Land Buildings Total Accumulated Depreciation Jared Jewelry, Auburn Hills, MI $ 421,489 $ 1,777,578 $ 2,199,067 $ 1,134,690 Jared Jewelry, Concord, NH 1,061,663 3,095,971 4,157,634 1,867,910 Jared Jewelry, Aurora, IL 1,790,636 2,027,709 3,818,345 1,219,998 Biomat USA, Wichita, KS 771,076 1,937,641 2,708,717 1,262,637 Advance Auto Parts, Indianapolis, IN 289,661 380,315 669,976 213,611 Staples, Clermont, FL 615,600 1,398,709 2,014,309 513,579 Coliseum Health, Macon, GA 200,000 451,517 651,517 152,761 PetSmart, Gonzales, AR 419,587 2,149,142 2,568,729 477,909 Premier Diagnostic Imaging, Terre Haute, IN 300,000 1,848,049 2,148,049 471,263 Tractor Supply, Canton, MS 648,841 2,099,841 2,748,682 174,991 Talecris Plasma Facility, Dallas, TX 585,424 1,707,997 2,293,421 28,467 $ 7,103,977 $ 18,874,469 $ 25,978,446 $ 7,517,816 For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized depreciation expense of $704,331 and $699,497, respectively. On January 17, 2020, the Company purchased an additional 27% interest in the PetSmart store in Gonzales, Louisiana for $831,455 from AEI Income & Growth Fund 24 LLC (“Fund 24”), an affiliate of the Company. The purchase price of the property interest was based upon the property’s fair market value as determined by an independent, third-party, commercial property appraiser. The property interest became available because Fund 24 is in the process of liquidating its property portfolio. The Company now owns 100% of the PetSmart property. The annual rent for the additional 27% interest that was purchased is $66,468. On July 31, 2020, the Company purchased a 50% interest in a Talecris plasma facility in Dallas, Texas for $2,746,350. The Company allocated $452,929 of the purchase price to Acquired Intangible Lease Assets, representing in-place lease intangibles of $284,439 and above-market lease intangibles of $168,490. The property is leased to Talecris Plasma Resources, Inc. under a lease agreement with a remaining primary term of 8.1 years (as of the date of purchase) and annual rent of $182,035. The remaining interest in this property was purchased by AEI Income & Growth Fund XXII Limited Partnership, an affiliate of the Company. The following schedule presents the cost and related accumulated amortization of acquired lease intangibles not held for sale at December 31: 2020 2019 Cost Accumulated Amortization Cost Accumulated Amortization In-Place Lease Intangibles (weighted average life of 44 and 49 months, respectively) $ 1,771,908 $ 1,032,275 $ 1,445,379 $ 827,615 Above-Market Lease Intangibles (weighted average life of 67 and 73 months, respectively) 940,251 379,277 771,761 293,256 Acquired Intangible Lease Assets $ 2,712,159 $ 1,411,552 $ 2,217,140 $ 1,120,871 Acquired Below-Market Lease Intangibles (weighted average life of 17 and 29 months, respectively) $ 104,746 $ 85,601 $ 104,746 $ 72,085 For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the value of in-place lease intangibles amortized to expense was $204,660 and $154,800, the decrease to rental income for above-market leases was $86,021 and $77,336, and the increase to rental income for below-market leases was $13,516 and $13,516, respectively. For lease intangibles not held for sale at December 31, 2020, the estimated amortization for the next five years is as follows: Amortization Expense for In-Place Lease Intangibles Decrease to Rental Income for Above-Market Leases Increase to Rental Income for Below-Market Leases 2021 $ 168,288 $ 98,180 $ 13,516 2022 146,417 98,180 5,629 2023 88,154 80,264 0 2024 76,268 66,358 0 2025 73,576 62,276 0 $ 552,703 $ 405,258 $ 19,145 The Company owns a 60% interest in a former Sports Authority store in Wichita, Kansas. On March 2, 2016, the tenant, TSA Stores, Inc., and its parent company, The Sports Authority, Inc., the guarantor of the lease, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. In June 2016, the tenant filed a motion with the bankruptcy court to reject the lease for this store effective June 30, 2016, at which time the tenant returned possession of the property to the owners. As of September 30, 2020, the tenant owed $29,049 of past due rent, which was not accrued for financial reporting purposes. The owners listed the property for lease with a real estate broker in the Wichita area. While the property was vacant, the Company was responsible for its 60% share of real estate taxes and other costs associated with maintaining the property. On September 21, 2017, the Company entered into a lease agreement with a primary term of 10 years with Biomat USA, Inc. (“Biomat”) as a replacement tenant for 28% of the square footage of the property. The tenant operates a Biomat USA Plasma Center in the space. The Company’s 60% share of annual rent, which commenced on June 18, 2018, is $55,607. Biomat agreed to pay for the costs to divide the building into two separate spaces, the costs of tenant improvements to remodel the Biomat space and 28% of the cost to replace the roof. On August 27, 2019, the Company entered into a lease agreement with a primary term of 10 years with BigTime Fun Center, LLC as a replacement tenant for 57% of the square footage of the property. The tenant will operate an indoor sports entertainment center in the space. The Company’s 60% share of annual rent, which commenced on February 23, 2020, is $117,000. As part of the agreement, the Company will pay a tenant improvement allowance of $96,000 when certain conditions are met by the tenant. Due to ongoing difficulties due to the COVID-19 Pandemic the Company is negotiating a rent commencement date of April 1, 2021. As a part of the negotiations the tenant improvement allowance will be replaced with a ten month rent abatement starting April 1, 2021. Additionally, this agreement would forebear rent and additional charges for the period from February 23, 2020 to March 31, 2021. In September 2019, the Company paid $49,140 to a real estate broker for its 60% share of the lease commission due as part of the lease transaction. This amount was capitalized and will be amortized over the term of the lease. On January 22, 2021, the owner of Big Time Fun Center, LLC informed the Company it does not intend to open the Wichita property. As a result of the tenant informing the Company of their intention not to open, the full amount of the lease commission was amortized in the fourth quarter of 2020. The property is in the process of being marketed for lease again. In January 2019, the Company decided to sell the Tractor Supply Company store in Yankton, South Dakota. In March 2019, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the property to an unrelated third party. On May 22, 2019, the sale closed with the Company receiving net proceeds of $1,586,787, which resulted in a net gain of $338,843. At the time of sale, the cost and related accumulated depreciation was $2,265,936 and $1,017,992, respectively. The Company owned a 27% interest in a Dick’s Sporting Goods store in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The remaining interests in the property were owned by three affiliates of the Company. On January 31, 2019, the lease term ended, and the tenant returned possession of the property to the owners. While the property was vacant, the Company was responsible for its 27% share of real estate taxes and other costs associated with maintaining the property. The owners listed the property for lease with a real estate broker in the Fredericksburg area. The annual rent from this property represented approximately 10% of the total annual rent of the Company’s property portfolio. The loss of rent and increased expenses related to this property decreased the Company’s cash flow. Based on its long-lived asset valuation analysis, the Company determined the former Dick’s Sporting Goods store was impaired. As a result, in the first quarter of 2019, the Company recognized real estate impairment of $611,623 to decrease the carrying value to the estimated fair value of $972,000. The charge was recorded against the cost of the land and building. In October 2019, after marketing the property for lease for many months, the Company decided to sell its 27% interest in the former Dick’s Sporting Goods store. In the third quarter of 2019, as a result of deciding to sell the property, the Company recognized an additional real estate impairment of $298,990 to decrease the carrying value to the estimated fair value of $661,500. The charges were recorded against the cost of the land and building. In November 2019, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the property to an unrelated third party. On December 27, 2019, the sale closed with the Company receiving net proceeds of $663,277, which resulted in a net gain of $1,777. At the time of sale, the cost and related accumulated depreciation was $1,385,017 and $723,517, respectively. In March 2019, the Company entered into an agreement with the tenant of the Jared Jewelry store in Auburn Hills, Michigan to extend the lease term five years to end on December 31, 2024. As part of the agreement, the annual rent decreased from $186,074 to $158,340 effective January 1, 2020. In March 2020, the Company entered into an agreement with the tenant of the Jared Jewelry store in Aurora, Illinois to extend the lease term five years to end on April 30, 2025. As part of the agreement, the annual rent decreased from $370,686 to $235,989 effective May 1, 2020. In January 2020, the Company entered into an agreement to sell its 21% interest in the Jared Jewelry store in Madison Heights, Michigan to an unrelated third party. On March 4, 2020, the sale closed with the Company receiving net proceeds of $681,729, which resulted in a net gain of $165,255. At the time of sale, the cost and related accumulated depreciation was $852,592 and $336,118, respectively. At December 31, 2019, the property was classified as Real Estate Held for Sale with a carrying value of $516,474. The Company owns a 72% interest in a Staples store in Clermont, Florida. The remaining interest in the property is owned by an affiliate of the Company. On July 17, 2020, the lease term ended, and the tenant returned possession of the property to the owners. While the property is vacant, the Company is responsible for its 72% share of real estate taxes and other costs associated with maintaining the property. The owners have listed the property for lease with a real estate broker in the Clermont area. The annual rent from this property represented approximately 10% of the total annual rent of the Company’s property portfolio. The loss of rent and increased expenses related to this property will decrease the Company’s cash flow. For properties owned as of December 31, 2020, the minimum future rent payments required by the leases are as follows: 2021 $ 1,816,326 2022 1,705,887 2023 1,412,076 2024 1,339,362 2025 985,983 Thereafter 1,338,721 $ 8,598,355 There were no contingent rents recognized in 2020 and 2019. |